"Every business owner and CEO needs a trusted business advisor. In fact, I have a business coach who meets with me regularly to help me stay focused on ensuring that Lodestar is doing all it can to help clients strengthen their businesses...while ensuring that I continue successfully on my own unique path to freedom."
Mark L. Barry is Managing Director of Lodestar & Company, LLC, a business advisory and coaching firm he founded in 2010 following a 20-year career in Media. Referred to by many senior executives as their trusted business advisor, Mark helps CEOs, business owners, and C-level teams perform better, plan for the future, and execute on strategy.
Working in a broad array of business environments, in both domestic and global settings, and with businesses of all sizes (including Fortune 15), Mark’s diverse skillset and business acumen has yielded opportunities to consult and coach in 15 industries. He has served as a fractional CEO for a global manufacturer, a fractional COO for multiple domestic businesses to provide Finance, Human Resources, and Operations expertise, and as a business advisor and coach to CEOs, owners, and Board Chairs of numerous small businesses, financial institutions, and nonprofits. Mark shares his thought leadership on strategy ("Strategic Thinking 101"), leadership ("Building Strong Leaders in the Face of Adversity"), and business success ("The 5 Steps to Freedom") at industry conferences and executive workshops. This knowledge is informed by his relevant and varied experience developing and leading teams, building and launching products and services, allocating financial and labor resources to achieve critical business outcomes, and building the next generation of leaders. A graduate of the UCONN School of Business and Trinity College, Mark later studied Entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics. |
Concentrations
Industry Experience
Education
Publications
Speaking & Workshops
Service
- Business Advisory
- Operational Improvement
- Financial Management
- Team Building
- Strategy
- Leadership Development
- Fractional CEO/COO
Industry Experience
- Financial Services
- Manufacturing
- Software
- Legal
- Nonprofit
- Healthcare
- Online Retail
- Construction
- Workforce Development
- Home Care
- Insurance
- Automotive
- Professional Services
- Media
- Transportation
Education
- Trinity College, MA Economics, concn. Corporate Finance
- UConn School of Business, BS Marketing
Publications
- Leadership -- Ten Guidelines for Making Our Leaner Team a Meaner One (Illustrated by J. Gilpin, Guiding Star Books)
- Financial Literacy -- The Shiny Penny (Guiding Star Books)
Speaking & Workshops
- Business Success - "The 5 Steps to Freedom"
- Leadership - "Building Strong Leaders in the Face of Adversity"
- Strategy - "Strategic Thinking 101"
- Finance - "Finance for Non-finance Professionals"
- Publications - "Editing 101"
- Team Building - half- and full-day sessions
- Strategic Planning - half- and full-day sessions
Service
- Velero Technology, Advisory Board Member
"Your information on the business is unbelievably helpful and actually makes it possible for me to articulate and share necessary information..."
- Owner
- Owner
"Your help and expertise has provided us with a lot of direction; kind of a North Star."
- CSO
- CSO